[Fwd: Some incentives and changes.]

[Mel Chua]

> The Ottawa Linux Symposium is in mid July,
> 
> I think I might make it, but but native English speakers would
> certainly do better than me.  The OLS is probably only second to
> the LCA for importance, so we shouldn't miss this opportunity.

Hey, that's not so bad, a ~7hr drive from Boston. Plane tickets also 
seem to be available (Boston to Ontario roundtrip) for about $400.

I'd love to go (I'm in my "I'm young! I want to see the world!" phase), 
and could be useful if what we want for a speech/paper at that point is 
"convince many people to become active contributors to / partners of 
SL." I'm currently free for those dates, too.

However, I may not be *the* most useful person for that. People like 
Walter have much more Impressive Speech Giving Skills; I lack 
exposure/practice (...but need to get it somehow to improve, you know.) 
I also know I can't afford that plane ticket (or a hotel, but that's 
what couchsurfing is for). And there are *way* better technical 
contributors to give a technically oriented talk / work with other 
hackers on Doing Stuff With Code during OLS, if that is what we want. 
It'll be midway through the release cycle at that point.

Anyway, that's my availability/likely functionality/potential 
opportunity cost/interest-flag. I'll now be passive-aggressive about 
this and work on those interview for Sean instead...

--Mel